Game Changers 2024

Ed Parker

Ed Parker founded veteran charity Walking with the Wounded in 2010 after his nephew lost both of his legs in Afghanistan.

Trevor Lyttleton

Trevor Lyttleton founded Re-engage (formerly Contact the Elderly) to tackle loneliness among elderly people.

Sandra Igwe

Sandra Igwe is a formidable advocate for black maternal health and the visionary founder of The Motherhood Group.

Javeno McLean

Javeno McLean is an inspiring fitness coach, community champion and social media personality who has dedicated his life to empowering the disabled, elderly, and those struggling with severe health challenges.

Dame Laura Lee

Dame Laura Lee has been CEO of Maggie’s for 28 years and oversees a network of cancer care centres providing emotional and practical support to those affected by cancer across the UK and beyond.

Marcus Fair

Marcus Fair survived addiction, homelessness and multiple prison sentences before going on to found charity Eternal Media.

Conor Largey

Conor is an aspirational senior youth leader in west Belfast, inspiring the next generation, giving them a voice and the confidence to shape their own futures.

Professor Teresa Anderson MBE

Professor Teresa Anderson, MBE, is Director of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement, which is co-located with Jodrell Bank Observatory, one of the world's foremost radio astronomy observatories.

Chantelle Lindsay

Chantelle Lindsay is a Project Coordinator at London Wildlife Trust, Co-Presenter of children’s wildlife programme ‘Teeny Tiny Creatures’ on CBeebies and a Public Speaker.

Sir Tim Smit

Sir Tim Smit is the co-founder of The Eden Project, an initiative that has transformed the landscape of plant conservation in Britain and attracted millions of visitors from around the world.

Sandy Bremner

Sandy is the Convener of the Cairngorms National Park Authority, Britain’s biggest national park.

Lisa Power MBE

Lisa Power is a prominent British sexual health and LGBTQIA+ rights campaigner, having been dubbed ‘the matriarch of LGBTQIA+ activism’.

Heidi McIlvenny

Heidi McIlvenny was part of the Sea Deep Project, a first-of-its-kind shark-tagging programme in Northern Ireland to gather vital data about local sharks, skates and rays.

Arthur Torrington CBE

Arthur Torrington CBE, a passionate community advocate born in Guyana, has dedicated his life to preserving the legacy of the Windrush Generation.

Paul Sinton-Hewitt CBE

Paul Sinton-Hewitt founded parkrun, taking running mainstream with a simple blend of community and physical activity.

Damian Kennedy

Damian Kennedy has been instrumental in transforming boxing in Northern Ireland, with Irish boxing punching well above its weight thanks to his leadership.

Baroness Sue Campbell

Baroness Sue Campbell transformed women’s football, from the Lionesses winning the EUROs to getting 5 million women and girls playing at a grassroots level.

Steven Tigg

The swim coach who trained Scotland’s most decorated Olympian, through years of dedication, Steven Tigg has become one of the leading forces in UK swimming.

Dame Sarah Storey

Dame Sarah Storey is ParalympicsGB's most successful Paralympian of all time. Her love of sport enabled her to pursue not one, but two sports at an elite level.

Stephen Jones

Stephen is the Head Coach and chairman at North Wales Crusaders Wheelchair Rugby League & Disability Sports Clubs.

Alice Dearing

Alice Dearing is an Olympic swimmer aiming to ensure that black and ethnic minority communities have equal access to aquatics.

Gurinder Chadha OBE

Gurinder Chadha OBE is one of the UK’s most proven and respected film directors and producers.

Nikki Stratton and Marilyn Willrich

Deaf entrepreneurs Marilyn Willrich and Nikki Stratton founded Deaffest in Wolverhampton in 2006, which has grown to become the UK’s leading Deaf-led Film & Arts Festival.

Berwyn Rowlands

Berwyn is the founder and festival director of the Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival, which takes place in Cardiff and is the world’s largest LGBTQ+ short film prize.

Adam Joolia

Adam's AudioActive charity has seen a star-studded contingent pass through its door which includes the like of Rizzle Kicks and Rag’n’Bone Man.

Marc Brew

Marc was a promising ballet dancer when he was involved in a car accident that left him with life-altering injuries, he retrained to become a choreographer and dancer, founding the Marc Brew Company in 2001.

Nandi Jola

Nandi Jola is a poet, storyteller and playwright born in South Africa.

Sir Peter Murray CBE

Sir Peter Murray is a British curator and educationalist best known for founding the Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) in 1977 with a modest grant of £1,000 and no staff.